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# Manava Dharmashastra 9.112

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.112

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [9.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.112)

jyeṣṭhasya viṃśa uddhāraḥ sarvadravyāc ca yad varam  
tato 'rdhaṃ madhyamasya syāt turīyaṃ tu yavīyasaḥ //

> The additional share (deducted) for the eldest shall be one-twentieth (of the estate) and the best of all chattels, for the middlemost half of that, but for the youngest one-fourth.  
> — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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## Translations (1)

- [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.9.112) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Linked texts (5)

- [Vivādaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vivada.vivadaratnakara.20.p49) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit
- [Madanaratna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaratna.4.p8) — Madanasiṃha, Sanskrit
- [Smṛtisāroddhāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.smrtisamgraha.smrtisaroddhara.2.p119.2) — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- [Cakranārāyaṇīyanibandha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.cakranarayaniyanibandha.2.p119.2) — Viśvambharatrivedin 1600, Sanskrit
- [Vyavahāramālā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vyavaharamala.29.p3.2) — Varadarāja (grammarian) 1700, Sanskrit

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